The Devil’s Guide To Hollywood (89 page)

directors, 232, 233, 234, 250, 251

executive producer credit, 206

producers, 260

rewrites, 135

screen adaptations, 94

tips on, 219–220

writers, 96

Writers Guild arbitration, 219

Cregar, Laird, 326

Crichton, Michael, 214

critics, 337–348.
See also specific critics

actors, 338–339

credits, 348

directors, 338–339

writers, 337–348

Crosthwaite, Treva, 203

Crowe, Russell, 101, 139

Cruise, Tom, 92, 101, 187–188, 212, 276, 317, 329, 334

Crystal, Billy, 297

Cunningham, Michael, 9

Curb, Mike, 130

Curran, Nick, 102

Curtis, Tony, 35, 55, 61, 85, 291–292, 315

Curtiz, Michael, 249

cuts, length of script, 171–172

cynicism, 108

dailies, 217

Daily Variety
, 347

Daisy Miller
, 251

Damon, Matt, 64, 236

Daniel, Sean, 28

Davis, Bette, 312

Davis, Geena, 76

Davis, Jeff, 241

Davis, Sammy, Jr., 331

“DBTA,” defined, 294

de Acosta, Mercedes, 92, 317, 320

deadlines, 96–97

deal making, fear, 108

Dean, James, 74, 305

Dearden, James, 18, 177

death, 352, 355

Death of a Salesman
, 79, 266

de Dienes, André, 41

De Laurentiis, Dino, 278

DeLine, Don, 218

“deliver the moment,” defined, 163

Del Toro, Benicio, 302

De Luca, Mike, 286

DeMille, C. B., 315

De Niro, Robert, 60, 305, 319

De Palma, Brian, 230

Depp, Johnny, 83, 302

DeVito, Danny, 220, 238

dialogue, 13, 63, 74, 131, 174–176, 297, 340

Dickinson, Angie, 134–135

Didion, Joan, 79, 97, 215, 277, 333

Dietrich, Marlene, 71, 317

Diller, Barry, 16–17, 98, 277, 283

directors.
See also specific directors

Academy Awards, 230–231

actors and, 249

affairs, 242

arguments with, 244–246

auteur theory, 25, 230, 232, 233, 234, 241, 246, 249–250, 332

credits, 232, 233, 234, 250, 251

critics and, 338–339

dealing with, 211–212

findings of, 211

partnerships, 106

personalities of, 51, 229–243, 248–253

producers and, 231

rewrites, 214–215

role of, 50

sadism, 244

writers and, 13, 25, 51, 68, 79, 89, 223, 252–253

writing process, 170

“dirt sandwich,” defined, 44

Dirty Harry
, 145

disappointment, in expectations, 60

Disney, Walt, 46

distribution, 218

The Doctor’s Wife
, 94

documentaries, Academy Awards, 113

dog-sitting, 73

Donner, Dick, 57, 218, 241

Doran, Lindsay, 102

Dorsey, Tommy, 196

Douglas, Kirk, 112, 165

Douglas, Michael, 35, 102–103, 166, 169, 214–215, 303, 308, 329

drafts

number of, 204

output per day, 155

saving of, 178–179

studio executives, 297

dreams, recording of, 157

drugs, 65

avoidance of, 67–68

“To Do a Belushi,” 81

writing process, 159

Dr. Zhivago
, 337

Dubus, Andrew, 354

“dumb fuck films,” defined, 287

Dunaway, Faye, 246, 326

Dunne, Dominick, 19, 67–68, 352

Dunne, John Gregory, 7, 14, 40, 79, 89, 97, 121, 208, 215, 217, 218, 219, 232, 258, 277, 291, 302, 307, 333

Duren, Ryne, 207

Duvall, Robert, 316, 377

Dylan, Bob, 148, 166

Eastman, Carole, 240

East of Eden
, 305

Eastwood, Clint, 91, 234, 328, 361

Ebert, Roger, 25, 344–345

Edwards, Blake, 248, 376

ego, motivation, 55

Einstein, Albert, 152

Eisner, Michael, 10, 98, 276, 291

Ellison, Harlan, 54, 73, 106, 213, 297

e-mail, 122

E-meter (Scientology machine), 77–78

employment, writers, 51

endings

ambiguity in, 169–170

attachment to, 154, 161

directors, 243

producers, 272

writing process, 168

enemies, 16, 35

envy, 97, 108, 232, 351, 364

Ephron, Nora, 9

Epps, Jack, 4

Epstein Brothers, 122

Esherick, Freddie, 203

Eszterhas, Joe, 67, 102, 103, 104, 105, 220, 234

Eszterhas, Joey (son), 11, 20

Eszterhas, Naomi (wife), 12, 72, 107, 370, 378

Eszterhas, Steve (son), 11, 128, 129

E.T
., 355

ethnicity, 141

Evans, Charles, 261–262, 271

Evans, Robert, 17, 44–45, 55, 56, 57, 66, 71, 105, 108, 119, 125, 217, 231, 245, 262–263, 270, 273, 277, 311, 354

Everett, Rupert, 166

Everhart, Angie, 304

evil spirits, 69

excess, avoidance of, 67–68

executive producer credit, 206

expectations, disappointment in, 60

experience, importance of, 49, 52–53

failures, 223–225, 352

fame, writers, 33–48, 76

family, corruption, 74

family secrets, 137

Fante, John, 355

farms, 82

Farrell, Colin, 139

Farrell, Joseph, 221

Farrell, Will, 379

Farrow, Mia, 100

“fartland,” defined, 59

Faulkner, William, 6, 7, 19, 20, 26, 53, 63, 67, 95, 98, 152, 157, 163, 164, 204, 229, 337, 362, 369

Fawcett, Farrah, 110

fear, 46, 47

actors, 305

deal making, 108

defeat of, 153

studio executives, 288

of writing, 147–148

“feedable critic,” defined, 344

Fellowes, Julian, 214

female characters, 140–141

femininity, 71–72, 139

feminism, 248, 306, 343

Fiddler, Jimmy, 341

Field, Sally, 63–64, 318

Field, Syd, 268

Fields, Bert, 10, 26–27, 194, 360–361

Fields, Freddie, 190–191

Finney, Albert, 211

Fiorentino, Linda, 313

firearms, 253

first act, writing process, 168

Fisher, Carrie, 306

F.I.S.T
., 140, 160, 172, 180, 211, 242, 323, 345

Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 7, 15–16, 81, 90, 128, 187

Fitzwater, Marlin, 270

Flashdance
, 11–12, 18, 80, 81, 125, 126, 135, 137, 174, 223, 276, 354

Fleiss, Heidi, 275

Fleming, Victor, 248

Flynn, Errol, 341

Flynt, Larry, 144

focus-group screenings, 221

Fogelson, Andy, 379

Ford, Harrison, 211, 316, 333, 334

“forehead,” defined, 318

Foreman, Carl, 244–245

Foreman, George, 161

Forman, Milos, 13, 144, 376–377

Fosse, Bob, 240

Foxx, Jamie, 142

France, screenwriting in, 25

Fraser, Brendan, 285

Frears, Stephen, 237

French movies, 145

Fried, Rob, 378–379

Friedkin, William, 234, 236, 240, 241, 251, 304, 311

friendships

enemies and, 16

success and, 35

Froug, William, 55, 151, 152, 367

“fuck you” money, defined, 54

Fuhrman, Mark, 34

funerals, 82

Funt, Allen, 38

Gable, Clark, 330

Gabor, Magda, 56

Gabor, Zsa Zsa, 5, 20, 24, 28, 37, 42, 45, 56, 61, 62, 66, 175, 196, 261, 263, 303, 315, 322, 330, 334, 365, 369

Gaines, John, 56

Galante, Joe, 130

Gallo, George, 235

gambling, 42

“garbage,” defined, 297

Garbo, Greta, 92, 317

Gardner, Eva, 71

Garfein, Jack, 245

Garland, Judy, 191

Garner, James, 376

Gary, Romain, 71

gay pornography, 358

gay rights, 138

Gazzara, Ben, 6

Gébler, Carlo, 358

Geer, Will, xiii

Geffen, David, 26, 27, 44, 55, 58, 91, 125, 130, 191, 195, 272, 275–276, 278

Gelbart, Larry, 147

Gelman-Waxner, Libby (Paul Rudnick), 41

George, Jerry, 100

George, Terry, 88

Gershon, Gina, 314, 323

Gibson, Mel, 44, 57, 107, 139

gifts, 43

gigolo, 360

Gillis, Joe, 353

Glaser, Patricia, 26–27

Glaser, Paul Michael, 377

Glick, Sammy, 6, 70

Glimcher, Arne, 58

God, 152

Godard, Jean-Luc, 131

Goddard, Lori, 211

Goddard, Paulette, 252

The Godfather,
82, 247, 262–263, 330, 331

Goldberg, Whoopi, 73, 101, 211

Goldman, Bo, 235

Goldman, Gary, 215

Goldman, James, 6

Goldman, William, 5–6, 9, 15, 17, 21, 33, 47, 50, 51, 72, 88, 90, 94–95, 96–97, 122, 130, 193, 214–215, 234, 241, 259, 290, 301, 303, 317, 322, 338, 341, 353, 363, 365–366

Goldthwait, Bobcat, 33

Goldwyn, Sam, 93, 121, 153, 189, 217, 225, 273

Gone with the Wind,
15–16, 248, 274, 321

Goodheart, Billy, 196

Gooding, Cuba, Jr., 57–58, 347

good luck charms, 152

Goodman, Benny, 198

good news, 17

“good set of bones,” defined, 161

Gordon, Larry, 146, 147

gossip, idea source, 78

gossip columnists, 348

Graham, Heather, 7

Graham, Sheilah, 81

Grant, Hugh, 85

Graves, Robert, 71

Grazer, Brian, 40, 81, 206

Grazer, Gigi, 358

The Great Gatsby,
58, 77

The Great Waldo Pepper,
130

Green, Tom, 71

Green, Walon, 232

Greene, Graham, 249, 285, 346

“green light,” defined, 284–285

Grey, Jennifer, 316, 330

The Grill (Beverly Hills, California), 100

Groom, Winston, 113

Gross, Larry, 354

Guber, Peter, 36, 39, 46, 272, 276–277, 287

Guevara, Ernesto Che, 268

Guilaroff, Sydney, 308

gun control, 253

Hackford, Taylor, 97

Hackman, Gene, 319

Haden-Guest, Anthony, 10

Haggis, Paul, 234

“halfway girl,” defined, 290

Hamill, Peter, 71

Hannah, Daryl, 333

Harlin, Renny, 76, 236

Harlow, Jean, 71, 143, 320–321

Harmon, Robert, 248

Harris, Dan, 148, 366

Harris, Jed, 266

Harris, Julie, 6

Harris, Rosemary, xiii

Harrison, Jim, 14, 18, 22, 28, 38, 53, 56, 86, 220, 360

Harwood, Ronald, 241

Havel, Václav, 377

Hawks, Howard, 98, 229, 250

Hawn, Goldie, 113, 318

Hayes, Helen, xiii, 71

The Heart of the Matter,
360–361

Hearts of Fire,
166, 352

Heaven’s Gate,
15, 64, 231

Hecht, Ben, 3–4, 5, 7, 52, 64, 93, 94, 114, 121, 125, 130, 153, 157, 177, 214, 220, 237, 239, 272, 292, 337, 345, 363, 365, 367

Hedley, Tom, 135

Helgeland, Brian, 241, 324

Hellman, Lillian, 117

Hellman, Monte, 53

Hemingway, Ernest, 7, 33, 92, 95, 118

Hendrix, Jimi, 207–208

Hennessy, Jill, 78

Henry, Buck, 84, 344

Hepburn, Katharine, 63, 246

Hiaasen, Carl, 358

Higham, Charles, 250

“high concept,” defined, 119

Hill, Faith, 130

Hill, George Roy, 130, 234

Hiller, Arthur, 58, 106, 173, 244, 308

Hitchcock, Alfred, 230, 240, 249–250

Hitler, Adolf, 293

Hoffa, Jimmy, 134

Hoffman, Dustin, 211, 212, 310–311, 328, 329, 331

Holden, William, 305, 353

“Hollywood sperm,” defined, 288

Hollywood Women’s Press Association, 107

Holocaust, 138, 265

homophobia, 36

homosexuality, 71, 138–140, 144, 195.
See also
sexuality

Hopkins, Stephen, 303

Horton, Andrew, 136

hotel bills, alcohol, 74

hotel suites, for offices, 79, 158

hours of work, 97.
See also
length of scriptwriting time

Howard, Leslie, 302

hugging, 209

Hughes, Howard, 21, 40, 250

humming, 56

humor, 96, 137–138

Hunt, E. Howard, 125

Hurley, Elizabeth, 322

Hurns, Robert J., 224

hustling, 70

Huston, John, 239, 261, 265, 278

Hyde, Johnny, 41, 198

ICM Agency, 189–190

Iliff, Peter, 96

imagination, writing process, 159

“immersive actor,” defined, 305

improvisation, 309–311, 313

individualism, 87

individuality, characters, 164

industry awards, 83

industry screenings, 222

in-jokes, 96

insanity, 75–76

integrity, 106, 110, 119–120

intelligence, 7–8

Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 39

interracial sexuality, 142

interviews, 338

investments, 37

irony, 352

“The Jack Story,” defined, 69–70

Jade,
137, 143–144, 313, 314

Jaffe, Leo, 287

Jaffe, Stanley, 88

Jagged Edge,
82, 137, 164, 166, 167, 169–170, 175, 309, 343, 354

Jahan, Marine, 81

James, Henry, 251

jealousy, 97, 108, 232, 351, 364

Jewison, Norman, 247, 321, 345

JFK,
293

Joffe, Roland, 289, 309

Johnson, Lyndon B., 107, 293

Johnson, Nunnally, 135, 271

jokes, in-jokes, 96

Jolie, Angelina, 142, 327, 328

Jones, George, 129

Jones, James, 71

Jones, Jennifer, 25, 277

Jones, Paula, 378–379

Judaism, 45–46

jungle settings, 111

junket interviews, 222

Kael, Pauline, 25, 342, 343–344

Kakutani, Michiko, 377

Kamp, Phil, 286–287

Kanin, Garson, 75–76

Kaplan, Martin, 341

Kasdan, Larry, xiii, 55, 132, 223

Kassar, Mario, 190